Political commentator Kyle Kulinski on Tuesday warned of possible “chaos” in the U.S. if the presidential election results are close.
Kulinski, who hosts the “Kyle Kulinski Show,” told Hill.TV’s “Rising” that the “best-case scenario” to avoid civil unrest is for President Trump or Democratic nominee Joe Biden to “win comfortably.”
He cautioned that “the last thing you want” is a “red mirage,” in which the in-person votes counted on Election Day appear to show a Trump win before mail-in votes are counted and flip the race for Biden.
“If you have a red mirage scenario, which is possible, it’s gonna be chaos because we already know Trump’s been setting the table for months now,” he said, citing the president’s promotion of unfounded claims that mail-in voting opens up the election to fraud.
“And even if Trump is basically dragged out of the White House, the problem is how many Kyle Rittenhouses are there out there?” Kulinski added, referring to the 17-year-old alleged shooter at a Kenosha, Wis. protest.
“You only need a handful of people who are insane enough to take action, and Trump to send a message, to really make our nation incredibly chaotic, and that’s a scary thought,” he said.
He also noted that about 30 percent of the population will not accept the election results as accurate, “no matter what.”
Recent national and battleground state polls have shown the former vice president ahead of Trump.
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